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more than seven languages. Dr. Draper has shared with Galileo, 

 Copernicus, Kepler, Locke, and Mill the honor of having his work 

 placed on the Index of books prohibited by the Roman Church. 



With such absorbing pursuits, Dr. Draper nevertheless responded 

 to occasional calls made on his literary and scientific attainments. In 

 1870 he delivered an address before the American Union Academy of 

 Literature, Science, and Art. In 1876 he spoke to the American 

 Chemical Society of New York on " Science in America." In 1877 

 he addressed the Unitarian Institute at Springfield on evolution. In 

 1872-3 he is again in the field of scientific research, and only a 

 few months before his death he succeeded in photographing two of 

 the many comets which distinguished the year 1881. Dr. Draper's 

 mind was too large to be shut up within the walls of his laboratory. 

 To him the minutest facts were of value, but only as they furnished 

 the key for interpreting the universal Cosmos of nature and humanity. 

 In clear and graceful language the best that was in his thoughts was 

 shared by the world. There was a continuity in his life-work, plain 

 to himself, if not obvious to the superficial observer. He says: "When 

 I thus look back on the objects that have occupied my attention, I 

 recognize how they have been interconnected, each preparing the way 

 for its successor. Is it not true that for every person the course of 

 life is along the line of least resistance, and that in this the movement 

 of humanity is like the movement of material bodies ? " 



LEWIS HENRY MORGAN, LL.D. 



The Hon. Lewis H. Morgan was made a Fellow of the Academy 

 in 18G8. His parents were of old New England stock, and of this 

 he often spoke with feelings of satisfaction. His father was descended 

 from James Morgan, who settled near Boston in 1646, and his mother 

 from John Steele, who had a home near Cambridge in 1641. At the 

 time of his birth, Nov. 21, 1818, his parents resided in the village 

 of Aurora, in Cayuga County, N. Y. He liad the advantage of 

 an excellent preliminary education, and was graduated at Union Col- 

 lege in 1840. He afterwards studied law, and was admitted to the 

 bar. Making his home at Rochester, N. Y., his zeal and honesty soon 

 secured him a large and profitable practice in his profession. In busi- 

 ness he was associated with his classmate. Judge George H. Danforth. 



In 1855 he became interested in the projected railroad from Mar- 

 quette to the iron region on the south shore of Lake Superior, and in 

 the development of the iron mines. The management of these enter- 



